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Q8y_drifter
06-03-2006, 05:31 PM
hey,, i want to upgrade my electronics so i was looking into getting a better ESC. i was looking at the Novak Spy but it only has a 7-cell limit. is it ok to run 8 cells or would i be just frying it up?

ez-v
06-03-2006, 06:52 PM
I have been using the GM V4R ESC and have found it to work just fine with 8 cells... It's small and, so far, has been reliable.

Many of the people on this site have successfully used 8 cells ESCs that have been rated for 7 cells without issue, but I tried the highly rated Futaba ESC with 8 cells and it couldn't handle it.

Doubt the Novak SPY can handle 8 cells.

FHM101
06-05-2006, 06:03 AM
The high end LRP micro ESC's are rated at 8 cells.

Q8y_drifter
06-05-2006, 12:32 PM
so are all of you guys either running stock or BL??

i cannot afford a high end ESC cause i could get a good BL system for the price

ChrisOFNA
06-05-2006, 03:41 PM
With the limited choices for 8 cells, its probably better just to get a brushless system. But I would shop around novak a little more, just in case.

mOOsE
06-05-2006, 04:03 PM
I vote for brushless. I have a GM VR4 but they are around 70-100 depending on where you but them from. Thats as much as a mamba esc and then you can pickup a motor for another 40 that will have tons more power than the brushed. I too ran the futaba for the longest time without issue but it suddenly stopped working with 8 cells.

FHM101
06-05-2006, 06:53 PM
The high price of a good 8 cell ESC plus the high cost/maintenance required for brushed race motors were the deciding factors in my decision to go brushless. I got a hyperion 5000 and mamba 25 from BPP for just over a C note, where the best price I could find on the LRP ESC I wanted was over $150. Off the shelf mod brushed motors run as high as $75 and if you want custom tuned motors be prepared to pay upwards of $100 a copy, along with the comm lathe and other related brushed maintenance equipment required to stay competative running brushed motors.